Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and international distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, has been named the Global Master Distributor for the Q-CEE’s brand of calibration labels from TE Connectivity (TE). Mouser was selected for its award-winning website, superior logistics service and same-day shipping capabilities.

The new agreement with TE establishes Mouser as the first global electronics distributor to carry the complete QCEE’s product line. It reinforces Mouser’s dedication of providing total customer support and instant access to a broad range of calibration and identification labels for tooling, product testing, board revisions, and quality control.

“Not only does our relationship with the Q-CEE’s brand of TE fit well with our unique business strategy of delivering solutions that speed new product development,” stated Krystal Jackson, Mouser Vice President of Interconnect. “We’re the first and only distributor to provide this product range. Now, design engineers and buyers can turn to Mouser, a company they already know and trust…further simplifying their world by having one source for everything our customers need or want.”

TE commented on the expanded partnership. “Mouser is the first to stock the vast array of the Q-CEE’s calibration and inventory control labels for TE Connectivity,” explained Lauren Catalano of TE. “This will give customers across the globe valuable labeling options, making their operations run more efficient and ultimately, helping them get their designs to market faster.”

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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, has achieved the honor of being named TE Connectivity’s 2010 Global Catalog Distributor of the Year.

This is the second award TE has presented to Digi-Key in recognition of the company’s global distribution of TE products. Digi-Key received the award based on sales growth, performance, demand identification and creation, customer expansion, cash improvements, and cost reductions/operation efficiency gains.

“We appreciate the recognition we have received from TE,” said Mark Larson, Digi-Key’s president and COO. “As a global, Internet-based distributor, Digi-Key is dedicated to maintaining the highest levels of in-stock product available to our customers worldwide. As this award confirms, Digi-Key is a company that is able to offer the best possible service to our global customer base by offering quality name-brand products from leading suppliers like TE.”

Digi-Key has distributed TE products since 1984. TE’s diverse line of quality products is available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites.

“For the past 26 years Digi-Key has maintained a strong relationship with TE. Distributing their quality products to our customer base worldwide presents Digi-Key as a trustworthy company with the best in electronic components,” said Jeff Shafer, Digi-Key’s vice president of global interconnect, passive and electromechanical product. “We have the utmost respect for TE and are grateful to be considered TE’s Global Catalog Distributor of the Year for 2010.”

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Premier Farnell, the leading multi-channel, high service distributor of electronic components, will provide access to over 8,000 free, 3D multi-media models of Tyco Electronics products to support millions of electronic design engineers globally, in their designing processes. The 3D models will be available globally via element14, the company’s online technology resource and community created exclusively for electronic design engineers. The products are available for purchase via the web in Europe, through Farnell and Asia Pacific, through Premier Electronics.

Design engineers will now be able to view the Tyco Electronics products in 3D with the added ability to rotate the image 360 degrees, enabling them to view the part from all angles. The 3D product models can be very helpful to design engineers in visualising how a product may fit into an overall design plan.

The 8,000 plus 3D products will also be highlighted through element14, where design engineers globally collaborate, share and access new information to support them in their design work.

“The development of the 3D design models from Tyco Electronics is very exciting and we welcome it as a part of our online tools that continue to make our services to our customers even better,” said David Shen, Group Senior Vice President and Global Head of EDE and Technical Marketing of Premier Farnell. “We will continue to investigate and look for new and innovative ideas to expanding our already successful solutions, providing a well received online distribution model for our customers in both existing and emerging markets.”

“3D modelling is becoming significantly more pervasive in a much wider range of applications, especially for design engineers, said Mark Levy, General Manager, Global Distribution at Tyco Electronics. This imagery allows Premier Farnell to support design engineers with the technology to address the next generation of innovative applications.”.

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3D CAD library now includes models of AMPMODU, MATE-N-LOK, CPC and HTS connectors — all available to download free

RS Components today announced that it has added certified 3D and 2D CAD models of over 4,800 Tyco Electronics connectors to its comprehensive online library of models of electromechanical components, downloadable free of charge. The latest models introduced can be found at rswww.com/3D.

The new additions include popular Tyco Electronics’ product families such as AMPMODU, MicroMaTch and MATE-N-LOK connectors, Z-PACK 2mm FB (Futurebus+) and MULTIGIG RT backplane connectors, RF connectors, MTA board-to-wire connectors, HTS heavy duty connectors, CPC circular connectors and an extensive range of PIDG ring and spade tongue terminals. Visitors to the relevant product pages on the RS website will see a rotating 3D model of the part, with links to “classic” images to show details of colour or surface finish. Registered users can request the model from the database, which is converted into the file format chosen by the user depending on their CAD package. Registration is free of charge.

Mark Cundle, Technical Marketing Manager, RS Components said, “We have made significant progress with the RS program to offer free downloadable models of every one of the 45,000 electromechanical components that we stock, creating the most comprehensive online library of electromechanical CAD models available today. In the three months since its launch, the 3D models have become a valued part of RS components service to the design community, and we have seen thousands of downloads from our site.”

“The comprehensive nature of the RS library brings the true benefits of 3D CAD modelling to its customers at no extra charge and without the need to download or install additional software,” commented Mark Levy, Global Distribution General Manager for Tyco Electronics. “We are excited that RS has added so many Tyco Electronics products to this program.”

RS partnered with TraceParts, a leading digital engineering 3D content supplier to offer the service, which will eventually cover all 45,000 electromechanical products stocked by RS. Models are offered in over 20 neutral and native formats. The TraceParts database also serves a number of other important CAD Vendor websites, giving users a number of different ways of accessing the models.

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for rapid introduction of the newest electronic components and technologies, today announced the presentation of the Best in Class award to those individuals representing our suppliers who performed at the highest level to support ongoing marketing programs and initiatives for 2010.

The awards ceremony was held on August 2, 2010 during the 15th Annual Mouser-Supplier Golf Tournament. Winners of the Best in Class award were selected by Mouser using five criteria: ­–Promoting the product line within Mouser, –Finding solutions to grow Mouser and supplier market share, –Strategic partnering with the Mouser team, –Working together to launch new products, and –Maximizing Mouser’s unique value proposition within their own businesses.
Winners of the Mouser Best in Class award:

Larry Buckley, National Distribution Manager, 3M Electronic Solutions
Canda Carr, General Manager Global Distribution, Tyco Electronics
Ryan Crouch, Corporate Sales Director, Freescale Semiconductor
Anna Greashaber, Marketing Communications Manager, Honeywell Sensing and Control
Scott Johnson, Corporate Account Manager, Texas Instruments
Dawn Manhart, Corporate Distribution Manager, Littelfuse
Steve Nye, Strategic Account Manager, Vishay
Sue Rios, Channel Sales Account Manager, Digi International
Steve Shoemaker, President, Advanced Web Offset
Doug Steele, Global Vice President of Catalog Distribution, Harwin
Cheryl Swaim, Account Executive, KEMET
Caroline Wells, Distribution Sales Representative, Omron Corporation

Glenn Smith, Mouser President and CEO, commented, “It’s a great pleasure to express our gratitude and publicly recognize the winners of the Mouser 2010 Best in Class award. These individuals were incredibly supportive and showed great creativity. Our record growth is due, in large part, to the unwavering commitment of suppliers who help us introduce the newest products and latest technologies. Our commitment to becoming the most preferred distributor of design engineers is strengthened with the help of business associates who champion our mutual goals. Congratulations to each of them on a job well done, and thank you to the companies they represent for sharing these winners with Mouser.”

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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation today announced Tyco Electronics one of Digi-Key’s more than 440 world-class suppliers of electronic components, will host a complementary webinar entitled “Engineered for Critical Performance: An Inside Look at Fortis Zd Connector” from 2-3 p.m. Eastern Time (1-2 p.m. Central Time/11 a.m.-noon Pacific Time) on Thursday, July 22, 2010.

This webinar will focus on how the Fortis Zd connector meets military standards now and in the future; what makes Fortis Zd connectors reliable; why versatility was critical to the design of the Fortis Zd connector; and how a 10Gb/s+ data rate is possible.

Presenters for the webinar are Greg Powers, Market Development Manager for Tyco Electronics, and Matthew McAlonis, Chief Engineer for Tyco Electronics. Dan Mignogna, a Product Manager for Tyco Electronics, will moderate the webinar.

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Avnet Abacus Announces its Participation in Tyco Electronics’ Vertical
Lighting Program

Electronic component distribution specialist Avnet Abacus today announces its participation in Tyco Electronics’ Vertical Lighting Program. Avnet Abacus holds a long term and wide-ranging distribution relationship with Tyco Electronics across Europe, which covers a significant majority of the company’s major component brands and now includes its new range of lighting products.

The Tyco Electronics Vertical Lighting Program brings together the company’s extensive portfolio of complementary components for LED lighting installations, including connectors, sockets, power components and circuit protection devices. It offers bespoke products designed and developed specifically for lighting applications as well as a wide range of standard designs that are well suited for such applications. Avnet Abacus has established an experienced team of lighting product specialists to market and support this product range throughout Europe. Highlights of the Tyco Electronics lighting products offered by Avnet Abacus include the Tyco Electronics LED poke-in connector range and hermaphroditic board-to-board connector range designed and developed specifically for lighting applications. Avnet Abacus will also offer wire-to-board and circular connectors, power distribution products, LED sockets, circuit protection devices and bespoke solutions.

According to Steve Jones, European Director, Lighting for Tyco Electronics, “We have responded to growing market interest in energy efficient solid state lighting by bringing together the very extensive portfolio that Tyco Electronics offers the lighting designer. To take this portfolio to the customers, we selected distributors that combine entrepreneurial flair with strong technical expertise. Avnet Abacus has these credentials, and has already demonstrated considerable success with many Tyco Electronics products. We are delighted to extend our relationship with them to include this new and very significant program.”

Alan Jermyn, Vice President Marketing, Avnet Abacus, added, “There is much more to lighting installations than the LED, and Tyco Electronics offers an attractive and well engineered portfolio of the associated products and technologies that lighting designers require to create effective and reliable systems. We are excited that they have brought these crucial components together, and are delighted to have the opportunity to work with lighting designers throughout Europe to create innovative and efficient lighting installations based on the Tyco Electronics portfolio.”

Avnet Abacus will be targeting designers of interior and exterior installations in commercial and industrial environments, as well as for signage, street lighting, automotive, medical and appliance applications.

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No Tools Needed!

Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, has announced it is stocking new product from Tyco Electronics.

Tyco Electronics IDC SSL connectors are insulation displacement (IDC) SMT and thru-hole wire-to-board connectors designed for quick, tool-less termination of discrete wires onto LED printed circuit boards. The IDC SSL connectors feature Tyco Electronics’ proven insulation displacement technology to provide a robust, stable electrical and mechanical power connection to single or multiple printed circuit boards in solid state lighting and non-lighting applications. Tyco Electronics IDC SSL connectors are available in 1 – 4 positions and SMT or thru-hole mounting. The IDC SSL connectors are also available in a wide wire range from 18-24 AWG, for both solid and stranded wire, with options for feed-thru or closed-in applications. To learn more, visit http://www.mouser.com/tycoidcssl.

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Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced it has stock on Tyco Electronics’ Impact high density backplane connectors.

The following Impact high-density backplane connectors are now available for purchase on Digi-Key’s global websites and are slated to be featured in future print and online catalogs:

* 2007788-2 (Digi-Key #A100860-ND) 3-pair, 10-column Connector Header
* 2007705-1 (Digi-Key #A100861-ND) 3-pair, 10-column Connector Receptacle

Tyco Electronics‘ new Impact backplane connector system is designed for increased speed and density to meet the future system upgrades and next generation requirements of data networking and telecommunications equipment. The Impact backplane system also offers our customers a value-added approach of speed, density, cost and long-term reliability.

The Impact connector design system contains a unique broad-edge coupled design which utilizes low impedance, localized ground return path in an optimized differential pair array. Additionally, differential pairs are tightly coupled and surrounded by ground structures to isolate the pairs, which in turn reduces crosstalk and increases overall bandwidth performance with minimal performance variance.

Backplane header construction on the Impact connector offers air pockets selectively placed in the header floor to isolate signal pairs. The header signal pins are straight with no forms or offsets, which increase the mechanical strength of the pins. The mating interface features a bifurcated beam with two points of contact with the second staggered 1mm behind the first for maximum reliability.

The Impact connector offers two different hole sizes and tail lengths with the smaller one providing optimal electrical performance. The larger hole size is ideal for backplane applications that have a slightly larger plate through hole and pin length for manufacturing ability of the printed circuit board.

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Newark a leading multi-channel, high-service electronics distributor in the Americas and part of the global Premier Farnell Group, today announced that it now carries the Tyco Electronics MULTI GIG RT family used in VITA 46 applications. These connectors provide high speed data rates for communication, military, medical and industrial control applications not available with traditional VME connectors.

Engineers with questions about this technology can find answers at the Tyco Electronics connector page at element14, Premier Farnell’s popular global engineering portal and community.

Tyco Electronics’ MULTI GIG RT family combines the latest packaging and connector technology with the latest bus and serial technology. It increases bandwidth with fewer pin counts and enables heterogeneous architectures, preserving existing investments in technology and systems.

“The addition of this technology underscores our commitment to provide design engineers with the broadest selection of technology options,” comments Jeff Uden, Vice President, Product Management, Newark. “These connectors have optimized footprints for signal integrity and ease of design.”

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